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The photos of those Haitian refugees was his first big break, as they earned him the Robert Capa Gold Medal award, which catapulted his career. But at the moment he took the images, he and the other men on the boat thought they were going to die.

He had this to say about the experience:
Excerpt from Magnum. The text is by Anderson: "“A couple of days into our journey, the boat began to sink. We were doomed and we knew it. We started saying goodbye to one another. Strangely, it was quite calm on the boat. There was not much to do except resign oneself to the inevitability of it all. Up to that point, I had not taken many pictures. Everyone on the boat knew I was a photographer, but it somehow had not felt right. It’s difficult to explain. But as the boat sank, David, the Haitian whom I had followed on this journey, said to me, ‘Chris, you’d better start making pictures. We only have an hour to live.’ And so, without much thought, I began making pictures. We were saved at the last moment by a US coast guard cutter that happened upon us, but that’s another story. Much later on, back home safe, I reflected on this question: why make pictures that no one will ever see? The only explanation for me was that the act of photographing had more to do with the explaining of the world to myself than explaining something to someone else. The pictures were about communicating something about my experience, not about reporting literal information. This would be the single most transformative moment of my photographic life.”"
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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The photographer on that boat was Christopher Anderson, who, 25 years later, snapped the famous photos of the Trump administration for Vanity Fair.
A photo of Stephen Miller for Vanity Fair. Excerpt from The Washington Post interview with Christopher Anderson: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”"
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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The men on the boat were so dehydrated this point, one slipped in and out of consciousness, unable to stand. They were all resigned to their death.

Luckily, they were rescued by the US Coast Guard.
Members of the US Coast Guard board a boat. A man looks tired as a Coast Guard member is behind him. A man sleeps as a Coast Guard member is behind him.
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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nataschastrobl.bsky.social
Vorschlag: Jedes Unternehmen, das auch nur einen Cent Steuergeld bekommt, oder verpflichtende Beiträge einhebt, muss einen Gehaltsschlüssel von 1:8 haben. Das höchste Gehalt darf 8x höher als das niedrigste Gehalt sein.
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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carlomasala1.bsky.social
Aber um auch eine andere Meinung zu hören, sollte man Björn Höcke hinzuziehen. Sonst schreien alle wieder false balancing
May 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
knitterall.bsky.social
Danke, danke, danke für diese Rede!
April 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM